House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4633.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 120, July 13, 2023, Page H3577):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill abolishes the federal death penaltySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 120 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4633, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4633
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
61 cosponsors — 61 Democrats
0 of 61 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 8940 (119th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 4608 (119th) Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.